Nurses' Home, Napier

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A photograph of the damage to the Nurses' Home on Hospital Hill, Napier, resulting from the Hawke's Bay earthquake of 3 February 1931. Features of the Spanish Mission style building are evident in the rubble piled up behind a small fence. A naval officer is walking past the rubble at the left. On the concrete in the foreground a sign reading Danger is written in white paint.

Photographer, unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Measurements
Height x Width: 60 x 85mm
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 33 j
Other number(s)
33 j, 83056

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